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#Econhist papers I (mostly) admire, April 2024
On mining in Peru, cotton in Mozambique, Western customs in China, wartime destruction in London, and proof that Americans are living better than their…
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Johan Fourie
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Jamaica has a bad-debt team
What the new South African government can learn from the land of bauxite and beaches
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Johan Fourie
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'The idea that you are going to change a person’s attitude towards a business by giving them shareholding is wrong'
BUSINESS INTELLECTUAL: I interview Paul Clüver (senior) about nature walks, empowerment, family firms, wine innovation, land redistribution and much…
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Johan Fourie
A most dangerous profession
On Hans Heese, genealogy and myth busting
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Johan Fourie
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The entrepreneurial continent
GUEST POST: Why Africa’s 'Big Four' are not the 'Best Four'
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Erik Stam
The problem of information pollution
And what to do about it
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Johan Fourie
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Beyond words
GUEST POST: How numbers should and shouldn’t shape our understanding of history
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Laura Richardson
A bad example
Spending our public and private savings on consumption is shortsighted
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Johan Fourie

March 2024

'History, unlike spreadsheets, doesn’t always give you the answer that you want'
BUSINESS INTELLECTUAL: I interview Jannie Durand about his father, what he's looking for in recruits, state capacity, the value of business history and…
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Johan Fourie
On runners and fighters
Karl Bergemann graduates today
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Johan Fourie
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#Econhist papers I (mostly) admire, Mar 2024
Bronze, pastoralism, telephones, missionaries, the gender pay gap, movies, financial crises, and more...
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Johan Fourie
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When historians ignore economics
Humanities students fail to recognise the remarkable progress we've made, to the detriment of future generations
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Johan Fourie
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